One dies in officer-involved shooting in Crockett Co. (original) (raw)

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting that took place in Crockett County Sunday morning.

Ronald Branch, 28, was shot and later died in an area hospital.

Crockett County deputies and a Maury City police officer were executing a search warrant at a home on the 2000 block of Colvett Road in Alamo when Branch, who is not a resident of the home, entered the resident brandishing a weapon, according to the TBI.

There was an exchange of gunfire during which officers fired their weapons, striking Branch.

The officers were uninjured.

The shooting occurred at approximately 3:30 Sunday morning.

TBI special agents and a team of forensic scientists are working to gather evidence regarding the shooting.